These drone images are far more than your vanity-shot dronie: They’re maps of the Philippines post-Typhoon Haiyan, and they’re helping to deliver crucial aid to communities devastated by the disaster.
Drones might not have been employed in...

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Laird Small has seen most everything, at least in golf.
The longtime director of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy has supervised the swings of tour players and celebrities and presided over the range at Pebble's...

Clarkson University has added another Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to its Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research team. The Golden Eagle II (GE2), originally designed to be a teaching tool, will begin its life as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen media organizations challenged the government’s ban on the use of drones by journalists Tuesday, saying the Federal Aviation Administration’s position violates First Amendment protections for news gathering.
The...

A drone with six propellers buzzes around the inside of a giant aircraft hangar examining a plane, which has been struck by lightning. Elsewhere, engineers wearing 3D glasses carry out a thorough inspection of...

As electronic components plummet in price thanks to the impractical consumer-driven pace of mobile device development, it's becoming more and more realistic to talk about building robots that are cheap enough to be disposable....

Yosemite National Park raised a few eyebrows this weekend when park officials suggested—using some pretty dubious legal framework—that flying hobby drones in the park is illegal. But the park isn’t the first to try to make...

After attracting controversy with legislation that would restrict the use of unmanned aircraft in Louisiana, state Sen. Dan Claitor went to the mall and put down less than $400 for a drone.
Claitor showed the...

A drone operator fighting an FAA fine of $10,000 has gotten some very important new friends. Arguing that the FAA’s drone ban affects the “public’s First Amendment interest in the free flow of information”,...

A Little Rock, Ark., TV station is not backing off from airing footage shot from a drone, despite a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration that commercial drone photography is illegal.
“This video is being...

It's hard to see when you're driving a tank, particularly when the hatch is closed for combat, but the Norwegian Armed Forces have hacked together a cool new solution using the Oculus Rift. By mounting cameras...

Fednav pioneers the use of drones in polar shipping.
In an industry breakthrough, Fednav this month became the first shipping company to employ drones, or Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV), for ice reconnaissance on a commercial...

THE managing director of an aerial photography and surveying business says the use of drones is of benefit to the community.
Chris Slee, who has recently set up ATEC-3D, says the use of light unmanned...

If the National Park Service’s absurd interpretation of their regulations stands,individuals flying drones in national parks may face six months of imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine. The fine and jail time were announced today by a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second of six U.S. test sites chosen to perform unmanned aircraft systems, or drone research started operations on Monday in Alaska, surveying wildlife, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said.The University...

At night on the western edge of this capital city, Borman Marmol looked like a middle-aged toy helicopter aficionado.
He leaned against his parked car, oversize remote control in hand, eyes to the sky. A...